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Italian Meatballs
Total preparation and cooking time: 15 minutes
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Ingredients:
1 pound ground beef (90% to 95% lean)
1/4 cup seasoned dry bread crumbs
1 egg
2 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1 jar (14-1/2 ounces) pasta sauce, heated
Hot cooked pasta or crusty Italian rolls (optional)
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Cooking Instructions:
1. Heat oven to 400�F. Combine ground beef, bread crumbs, egg, water, garlic, salt and pepper in large bowl, mixing lightly but thoroughly. Shape into 12 two-inch meatballs. Place on rack in broiler pan. Bake in 400�F oven 17 to 19 minutes to medium (160�F) doneness, until not pink in center and juices show no pink color.
2. Serve with pasta sauce over hot cooked pasta or as sandwiches in crusty Italian rolls, if desired.
Nutrition information per serving using 95% lean: 272 calories; 11 g fat (4 g saturated fat; 3 g monounsaturated fat); 115 mg cholesterol; 950 mg sodium; 14 g carbohydrate; 2.9 g fiber; 28 g protein; 5.2 mg niacin; 0.3 mg vitamin B6; 2.3 mcg vitamin B12; 3.8 mg iron; 24.9 mcg selenium; 6.1 mg zinc.
As seen in The Healthy Beef Cookbook, published by John Wiley & Sons,
Inc.
�2007
Cattlemen's Beef Board and NCBA. All rights reserved. May be reproduced
for educational purposes.
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